Elizabeth Phillips McCormick serves as vice president of Phillips Energy, with its main office on Route 17 in Hayes and other locations in Mathews and New Kent.

Established in 1946, Phillips Energy is one of upper Tidewater Virginia’s only providers of heating oil, on- and off-road diesel, gasoline, propane, dyed and clear kerosene, and lubricants. Phillips Energy meets the complete energy needs of homes and businesses on the Middle Peninsula.

The Gloucester native joined Phillips Energy in 1994 after graduating from Virginia Wesleyan College, where she studied finance and administration. Her brother, John Phillips, serves as president.

A global pandemic, a family battle against Alzheimer’s disease (and an ongoing fight to raise funds to help to find a cure), as well as hurricanes and ice storms are just some of the obstacles that Phillips Energy has faced over the years.“But it is because of the love and support of this community that Phillips Energy—a family-owned business ...